Hope is a beautiful lie and it requires talent to create it for others.

When a lie makes a soft bed for everyone, may the truth lie low. God as commonly understood appears to be one such lie. God as non-existence is not everyone’s cup of tea and He...

A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the man who finds it.

Tell me a story. Be my storyteller.

Sometimes a policeman must confront people about lying. No one likes to be called a liar. But it is what it is! A fact is a fact! If someone is a liar, put them on...

Belief in God meant belief in the old tribal idol called Jehovah; and I would not pretend I did not know whether it existed or not.

Never let money be the reason why you betray your close companion. You may not have the joy to spend it because you are supposed to enjoy that money with that companion you betrayed! Do...

To live a more authentic life, I’ve started studying the world’s best counterfeiters, the Central Bankers. But I can assure you, my love for you is not inflated.

Le mensonge n’a jamais paru répréhensible à Mouchette, car mentir est le plus précieux, et sans doute l’unique privilège des misérables.

Next minute you’ll be telling me there’s nothing wrong,’ he said softly. ‘One of the all time favourite lies women employ when they’re hiding huge grievances.

Love spills out of these people. That’s what I want. Settling for anything less is a lie.

Truth may lie, but time wont.

What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.

They lie, you know. It’s not easier to ask for forgiveness. Not even a little.

I had fallen in love with a perfect lie.

It came as naturally to him as breathing or lying, or worse. His mama had only taught her son to be cautious at all times. Garnette was more than that. Much, much more than that.

The truth is we’re all dying, the lie is we’re all living.

Look, it’s easy to outsmart a werewolf or a vampire,” Jace said. “They’re no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they’re as cunning as snakes. They can’t lie, but...

I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.

Truth never was indebted to a lie.

Sometimes things happen. Things happen even when you don’t intend them to happen. Maybe at the beginning you had good intentions, or no intentions, or intentions you thought were harmless, but before you knew it...

Tell the truth, but tell it slant.

Every gay person must come out. As difficult as it is, you must tell your immediate family. You must tell your relatives. You must tell your friends if indeed they are your friends. You must...

The lie, of course, is more interesting.

That’s the crazy thing about lies. You start to fall for them, yourself.

Taylor, listen to me. I could tell you that it’s okay. That she wasn’t a wonderful person, or I didn’t love her. I could tell you that she’s happier now, and her life would’ve been...

Lying is wrong. When you tell a lie for the sake of sparing someone’s feelings it is not suddenly right, but it is compassionate. And is not compassion a form of love? Love—the greatest of...

lie can run but they can’t hide

There were two and only two messages that could have been comprehended by what he said.But neither of them was soothing; neither of them was a lie.

If you don’t want a man to lie,don’t force him to reply.

The funny thing about a lie is that once it has been said and believed, it lives and becomes. It can’t be taken back. It sucks all the air from you until you give up...

…maybe it’s only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.

To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.

My grandpa doesn’t even have a grand to his name.

If you lose your integrity, you will also lose your identity, your sensitivity and your dignity. Integrity is honesty, modesty and security in all kinds of weather. It should be our priority!

So let’s just forget about the whole thing and agree never to speak of it again. And I promise I’ll never lie to you again.Ah, but surely you must be saying, “Hey! Isn’t this entire...

A lie cannot live.

When the lie and the truth are two trenchant weapons, they are at the risk of becoming downright uncertainties.

A lie cannot live except the truth.

The truth feels like it hurts, yet actually it builds. A lie feels like it builds, yet actually it hurts.

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.And buried.

As falsehood peels like paint, eternal truth is uncovered.

We’ve been shattered and reconstructed, told to make an effort every single day to pretend we still function the way we’re supposed to. But it’s a lie, it’s all a lie; every person, place, thing...

I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once...

I love you” he said. I did not say anything. What could I say? If i said i love you too, i had perpetual punishment for being a liar.

A lie told in the service of truth is virtue.

The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Men lie the most,women tell the biggest lies.

No decision has been made,” it’s a lie—because I have decided to remain undecided.

He seemed to swallow the lie I fed him. I hope he’s not still hungry. If he is, I’ll give him the illusory dessert known as the American Dream.